By Keefer
Dec 17, 2020
1963 - James Carroll at WWDC in Washington, D.C., became the first disc jockey to broadcast a Beatles record on American radio. Carroll played I Want To Hold Your Hand , which he had obtained from his stewardess girlfriend, who brought the single back from the U.K. Due to listener demand, the song was played daily, every hour. Since it hadn t been released yet in the States, Capitol Records initially considered court action, but instead released the single earlier than planned.
1969 - Tiny Tim married Miss Vicky on The Tonight Show with Johnny Carson. Famous for 1968, his version of Tip Toe Through The Tulips , Tiny Tim s wedding to Miss Vicki, as he called her, was a huge television event, viewed in more than 21 million households a Tonight Show record at the time.
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